A very strong typhoon No. 11 is moving north over the sea south of Okinawa Prefecture, and is expected to approach the Sakishima Islands on the night of the 3rd, creating violent winds and storms.

Watch out for storms and high waves, and move into a sturdy building before the wind picks up.


On the other hand, heavy rain is falling in Shizuoka and Nara prefectures, and rain clouds are developing locally in eastern and western Japan.

The typhoon is closest to the Asusaki Islands

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the very strong Typhoon No. 11 stayed in the sea south of Okinawa Prefecture until the morning of the 2nd, and at 6 pm, it moved north-northwest at a speed of 10 km per hour over the sea 270 km south-southeast of Ishigaki Island. progressing.



The central pressure is 935 hectopascals, the maximum wind speed near the center is 45 meters, the maximum instantaneous wind speed is 65 meters, and the wind speed of 25 meters or more is blowing within a radius of 95 kilometers from the center.



After this, the typhoon is expected to move northward while intensifying again, and approach the Sakishima Islands considerably from the night of the 3rd to the early morning of the 4th.



In the Sakishima Islands, a storm is expected as early as the morning of the 3rd, and from the evening of the 4th, a violent wind that may collapse some houses is expected to blow.



The maximum wind speed over the three days is expected to reach 50 meters, and the maximum instantaneous wind speed is expected to reach 70 meters, and the sea is expected to be a fierce 10 meters.



Be on the lookout for storms and high waves, move into a sturdy building before the wind picks up, and stay indoors away from windows once the wind picks up.

In addition ,



there is a risk of very heavy rainfall in Okinawa Prefecture over the 4th

. Rainfall is expected.

It is also necessary to be vigilant against landslide disasters and flooding of low-lying land.

After that, the typhoon will move further north over the East China Sea, and it is possible that it will approach Kyushu and western Japan by the middle of next week.







West to East away from the typhoon, risk of heavy rain due to atmospheric instability

On the other hand, the atmospheric conditions in eastern and western Japan are unstable due to the effects of fronts and moist air.



In Shizuoka Prefecture, 118 mm of torrential rain was observed in Hamakita, Hamamatsu City, in one hour until 1:00 p.m. rice field.



During this time, rain clouds developed in the Kinki and Tokai areas, and in the hour until 5:00 p.m., a rain gauge installed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Soni Village, Nara Prefecture, recorded 90 mm of torrential rain. In the last hour, a rain gauge installed by the Osaka Prefectural Government in Naka Ward, Sakai City, recorded 62 mm of extremely heavy rain.



In Osaka Prefecture, the risk of landslide disasters has increased significantly due to the rain so far, and there are areas where ``Sediment disaster warning information'' has been announced, and there are rivers that exceed the ``flood danger water level''.



In eastern and western Japan, the humid air around the typhoon will continue to cause unstable atmospheric conditions over the next three days, and there is a risk of localized extremely heavy rainfall.



The amount of rain falling in the 24 hours until the evening of the 3rd

is expected to be


150 mm in Tokai, and 120 mm in northern Kyushu and Shikoku.

In the 24 hours until the evening of the 4th,

▽ southern Kyushu and Shikoku are expected to receive 100 to 200 mm

of rain, and ▽ Tokai and northern Kyushu are expected to receive 100 to 150 mm of rain.

The Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for caution against landslides, rising rivers, and flooding of low-lying land, as well as strong gusts of wind such as lightning strikes and tornadoes.